Patti LuPone In Concert

From: Northport, New York. LA Opera: Leocadia Begbick in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007, debut); Samira in The Ghosts of Versailles (2015); concert: A Life in Notes (2024).

Patti LuPone, who recently received critical acclaim for her performances in Agatha All Along on Disney+ and opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s film Beau is Afraid, is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Company, Madame Rose in Gypsy and the title role in the original Broadway production of Evita. Her New York stage credits include War Paint (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Shows for Days, The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet), Company (New York Philharmonic), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Award nominations), Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Noises Off, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Anything Goes (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Oliver!, Accidental Death of An Anarchist, The Water Engine and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk nominations).

London: Company (Olivier Award, WhatsOn Stage Award), Master Class, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination), Les Misérables and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for her performances in both productions).

Opera: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), To Hell and Back (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco) and Regina (Kennedy Center).

Her film credits include The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), Last Christmas, Cliffs of Freedom, The Comedian, Parker, Union Square, Driving Miss Daisy and Witness. TV/streaming: Hollywood, Pose, Mom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Penny Dreadful (Critics Choice Award nomination), Girls, American Horror Story (“NYC” and “Coven”), 30 Rock, Glee, Frasier (Emmy nomination) and three seasons as Libby Thatcher on ABCs Life Goes On. She is a founding member of both the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman’s The Acting Company and the author of the New York Times bestseller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.  

Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning lyricist, director, writer and conceiver, Scott Wittman most recently earned a Tony Award nomination as lyricist of the new musical Some Like It Hot, written with creative partner Marc Shaiman. He and Shaiman will return to Broadway in the spring of 2025 with the new musical Smash.

He co-wrote the lyrics for the hit musical Hairspray (Tony, Grammy, Olivier Award-winner) with Shaiman, and he also served as an executive producer on the hit film adaptation starring John Travolta. He was nominated for a Golden Globe, Grammy and two Emmy Awards for the original songs on NBC’s musical drama Smash. While working on the show, he co-wrote songs for Jennifer Hudson, Uma Thurman, Bernadette Peters, and Liza Minnelli. Shaiman and Wittman’s original score for the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell was released by Sony Records.

Scott and Marc’s Broadway writing credits include Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, which Scott also directed, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination for Best Musical), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway and the West End.

Scott has created and directed two Broadway shows, three studio recordings, and three sold-out Carnegie Hall concerts for Patti LuPone. He has created solo shows for Christine Ebersole and Nathan Lane, as well as writing for Bette Midler’s 2015 Divine Intervention world tour.

Off-Broadway, he conceived and directed Jukebox Jackie starring Justin Vivian Bond, Cole Escola and Bridget Everett at La Mama, and Bridget Everett’s Rockbottom at the Public Theatre. His notorious and legendary downtown shows are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Marc and Scott also wrote the score to Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Meryl Streep, and directed by Rob Marshall. Their song “The Place Where Lost Things Go” was nominated for an Oscar. He joined the Marvel Universe with the song "Save the City," co-written with Marc, for Rogers: The Musical in the 2021 Marvel Studios Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye.